Images Dated 26th December 2012

The Battle of Alexander at Issus. Oil painting by the German

Albrecht Altdorfer (1480-1538). German artist, member of the Danube School. The Batlle of Alexander at Issus, 1529. It portrays the 330 BC Batlle of Issus, in which Alexander the Great secured a decisive victory over Daris III of Persia. Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany

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The Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain, 1599, by Juan P

Juan Pantoja de la Cruz (1553-1608). Spanish painter. The Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain, 1599. Alte Pinakothek. Munich. Germany

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Self-portrait with his wife Isabella Brandt in the Honeysuck

Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). Flemish painter. Self-portrait with his wife Isabella Brandt in the Honeysuckle Bower, ca.1609. Alte Pinakothek. Munich. Germany

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